European Cup winner Kenny Burns says Nottingham Forest have made the right decision to sack manager Mark Warburton.

The axe fell on the former Brentford boss after the Reds slipped to another abject defeat at home to Sunderland on Saturday.

The 1-0 reverse to the Black Cats made it back-to-back losses for Warburton’s team amid a run of one win in their last seven games, leaving them 14th in the Championship table and 10 points adrift of the play-off places.

Warburton departs after nine months in charge at the City Ground, but Burns argues the team has not been making big enough strides of late, leaving the hierarchy with little choice.

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“The way we had been going, I do think it is the right decision. I think with the squad of players we’ve got and the way we’ve been playing, we were starting to look like we’d be in trouble,” said the Forest legend.

“Have we made progress under Mark Warburton? Yes, I think we have, but not very much.

“It is disappointing to see him go, but supporters pay good money to go watch the team and the players have not been performing.

Mark Warburton addresses the media (Image: Mark Fear)

“If he couldn’t get them geed up for a game against Sunderland and get them playing, then I think he had to go.

“Teams below us have beaten us; they are fighting for their lives, but we’ve looked like we don’t want to fight.

“We passed the ball so slowly on Saturday, and against Sheffield Wednesday. We had no urgency. We’re not Barcelona, we haven’t got the players to play like that. We’re not comfortable with the ball at our feet.”